All Watched Over By Machines Of Loving Grace
I like to think (and
the sooner the better!)
of a cybernetic meadow
where mammals and computers
live together in mutually
programming harmony
like pure water
touching clear sky.
I like to think
(right now, please!)
of a cybernetic forest
filled with pines and electronics
where deer stroll peacefully
past computers
as if they were flowers
with spinning blossoms.
I like to think
(it has to be!)
of a cybernetic ecology
where we are free of our labors
and joined back to nature,
returned to our mammal
brothers and sisters,
and all watched over
by machines of loving grace.
https://allpoetry.com/All-Watched-Over-By-Machines-Of-Loving-GraceI want to also mention that with "Bachlorette" Björk seems to anticipate Large Language Models and wrote a cautionary tale about them:
“One day I found a big book buried deep in the ground. I opened it, but all the pages were blank. Then, to my surprise, it started writing itself: 'One day, I found a big book buried deep in the ground…’”
björk : bachelorette https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNJv-Ebi67I
https://www.darioamodei.com/essay/machines-of-loving-grace
And it's also the title of an Adam Curtis documentary:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Watched_Over_by_Machines_o...
It's a good line.
This presentation sounds interesting. Thanks for the link.
Björk ELECTROCUTED by her TV - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNgMjfRglUk
No Guðmundsdóttirs were harmed in the making of the foregoing video, although I'm sure she would be charming and adorable while sustaining a minor electrical shock.
How poetic!
At the time, she said of the 360 VR technology that it was a challenge and "it’s still being discovered, but people don’t know what it is."
Daydream VR would be discontinued 4 years later...
I tend to phrase GP's point as: life is nothing but molecular nanotech that we didn't design ourselves, and don't fully understand yet.
When Bjork meets Attenborough [0] is a great watch too.